Daily British Whig (1850), 12 Dec 1922, p. 17

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/ - THE DAILY BRITISH WHh1G. | "HAS RARE VOLUME ; | Believed to Have Been Printed In China Before Western Hemisphere Knew of Movable Type. Willlam Richard, former vice presi: | Gent of the American Numismatic wo ciety, who acquired two rare books during a trip to China several years: ago, has announced after thorough in- vestigation, his conviction that he has One of the rare books called the "Tan. Jur" or the Book of the Doctrine of the Tibetans For somé time after he came Into Sa? < ! : Possession of the book, Mr. Richard . : looked upon, it as only a curiosity . ' without any particular worth, until . uN ' he showed It to a friend, who urged him to in) Giigate its origin. After more than u year studying the liters ture of Tibet and China, he found p that the book was printed more than 1,000 years 250 with mov. able type, at that time unknown In 7 the western hemisphere. Mr. Rich. ? _ ard says he has proved conclusively that the "Tanjur' was printed 700 y : Years before the famous Gutenberg ? Bible, «the first European book print- ed with movable type. ' From an office boy for John D. v Rockefeller Mr. Richard has come to "a travel In recent years In many for eign countries as representative of the : Standard Of! company and other 4 American firms. Before he left for the Orient, about eight years ago, | é he had one of the best stamp collee- tions in this country, which he sold for $16,000. : » "About five years ago I came into Possession of the manuscript in San. skrit, or, rather, in Devanagari, which in Tibetan is called the 'Tanjur,' the Bacred Book of Doctrine of the Tibet- ans," sald Mr. Richard. "I came across it In a monastery at the same time I+ would undoubtedly surprise the average reader if he that I found the 'Kanjur' at the bor Tet. i" 0 one thers. ap knew the amount of classified advertising that The whi peared to realize the value of the documents, I had no difficulty in ol JABS Shem 51 8 Jovy low price. Th refuses to publish--solely to protect its subscribers from only other 'Tanjur' In this country that I have positive knowledge of is in the American Museum of Natural | possible fraud. Every classified ad. received is subject to History, "The value of this rare book Is said Fru oriug tv the ut used : the strictest censorship because the Whig realizes that the 108 times more than a copy in black; one in silver is more valuable than p i i its c¢lassi- DE rs ate valuable tin more care exercised in regard to the character of its classi is more highly prized than one in sil- I hs toarion ou fied advertising the more confidence will its readers place x r' which . s iS ave i ea in every individual advertisement that is published, and $6,500."--Philadelphia Inquirer, r ~ . . Straws and Painted Lips. | ~ the more quickly and readily will be the response to them. "Somebody 'r other sald something | \ i ' » she about straws showing hieh ; Sn Toa oe harked a R- oad ~ Classified advertising to the amount of hundreds of drinks 1 Xuatinee girls and rn . : ~-- rns Sir ca Seung § : dollars has been refused by The Whig to protect the inter- "What do you know?" asked the gir! V "1 know that It's the girls with the _ ests of its advertisers having honest offers to make--and to pretty painted lips that use them. v . » ar a Just dolied herself a , protect the interests of its readers who respond to the a oa to avs 1 M1 washes Ati volume of classified advertising appearing daily in the paper napkin--no gir! So she always o 2 uses a straw. Maybe that's how the Whig. > poem, 'Prettiest girl I ever saw was drinking soda through a straw' start: ed. Ask me about the girls who come Bere, I know,"--Chicago Journal : § Honest advertisers realize that the appearance of their German Woman Lawyer. ; . . ' Tie WA ronan wppeared 44 un stores Cd » want ad. in these columns stamps it as being dependable ian evi dew are 5. ; and they know their offer will inspire reader confidence by Berlin arted as defendant counsel for . ap ne eiomr os Lh a OBIT. Gi réason of its appearance in the Whig. Reader confidence siderable comthent, and it has been a Ciray lead to the 4 : is the greatest asset of any newspaper, and The Whig con- the attire of feminine lawyers. In L « i A Rn Qutriars the view ls held that stantly and zealously guards against the intrusion of any advertisement of a questionable nature. i £2a1 i = You will confer a great favor upon the management of The Whig if you will furnish information regarding any ' classified ad. that you consider in any way misleading or _ fraudulent. »

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